You won't see anybody at The Tape Project using anything as vulgar as an iPod. For those guys, even CDs and vinyl aren't good enough, so they've started selling music on reel-to-reel tape. The ...

A reel-to-reel master tape of Pink Floyd's 1977 album 'Animals' recently sold for more than $3,500 on eBay after drawing 38 bids. A ferocious commentary on the sociopolitical situation in England ...

Today, we live in a world of highly portable, highly functional electronic media devices of incredible capacity. The songs contained on boxes of 45 RPM records of yesteryear can now be downloaded from ...

A master reel-to-reel tape of the Beatles' 1967 album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' has sold for $2,800 on eBay. Few details are given by the Mexican-based seller, but inspection of the ...

Some audiophiles will tell you that the only way to enjoy music listening with master tape audio quality is to do so using a reel-to-reel tape machine. Audio engineer Kostas Metaxas agrees and has ...

Let it be? Yes, it was. A rare piece of Beatles memorabilia — the Fab Four’s audition tape —was discovered at a small record store in Vancouver. The precious find was made by Rob Frith, owner of ...

The status of original, priceless master recordings by a host of top-name artists remained up in the air Tuesday following an explosive report revealing the true devastation of a 2008 Hollywood fire.

All through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, magnetic tape formats like the 8-track and cassette were audiophiles’ technology of choice. They played high-resolution tracks, had an impressive dynamic range and ...

Responding to what it calls a phoenix-like rise in demand for quarter inch tapes, high-end audio brand Thorens has announced a new reel-to-reel developed with Germany's Ballfinger. The TM 1600 will ...